Küçükçekmece

Turks have flocked to the streets to mark the anniversary of the July 15, 2016, failed coup attempt, widely believed to have been orchestrated by the followers of the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has previously called on citizens in all 81 provinces of Turkey to participate in "democracy watches."

Five new metro lines will run in Istanbul in the coming days, Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş has said. 

Topbaş said the instructions of the new metro lines will begin as soon as the tender process finalizes. 

Police on April 15 detained 49 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suspects allegedly planning a "sensational" act of terror ahead of the constitutional referendum. The suspects, including 41 foreign nationals, were taken into custody during simultaneous raids in seven districts including Başakşehir, Beylikdüzü, Fatih, Esenyurt, Kartal, Küçükçekmece and Pendik, a security source said.

One of Istanbul's most critical sources of water is threatened by illegal dumping that officials have had difficulty in preventing, according to municipal police and witnesses.

Turkey's Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communication Minister Ahmet Arslan has announced that a new train line between Istanbul and Bulgaria's capital Sofia will start its journeys on Feb. 20, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Archaeological excavations carried out on the coast of the Küçükçekmece Lake in Istanbul's Avcılar district by Kocaeli University aim to shed light on the history of earthquakes in Istanbul. 

Nearly 20,000 pieces of glass have been unearthed and evaluated amid excavations at the ancient site of Bathonea on the Küçükçekmece Lake Basin in Istanbul's Avcılar district.

According to archeologists, the glass findings reveal that locals in the area 1,500 years ago had high living standards, using strained glass in buildings as well as window glasses. 

Excavations that have been conducted on Bathonea on the coasts of Küçükçekmece Lake in Istanbul's Avcılar district have unearthed nearly 700 small ceramic or glass bottles containing antidepressant pills and heart disease drugs.

Excavations that have been conducted on Bathonea on the coasts of Küçükçekmece Lake in Istanbul's Avcılar district have unearthed nearly 700 small ceramic or glass bottles containing antidepressant pills and heart disease drugs.

Three suspects have been arrested over a teahouse shooting in Istanbul on Feb. 1 that killed two and wounded at least five others, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.